SBI PO Prelims 2017: Error Correction Quiz – Set 3

Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here is a set of English Quiz for SBI PO Prelims on Error Correction.

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any
grammatical mistake/error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the
sentence. Mark the number of that part with error as your answer. If there is
no error, mark (e).

3. The mother as well (a)/ as the daughters
were (b)/ mysteriously missing(c)/from the house (d)/ No Error (e).

4. The issues are (a)/complex that and
(b)/has been obscured (c)/ by other factories (d)/ No error (e).

5. It is in 1991 (a)/that we first (b)/flew
to(c)/ the United States (d)/ No error (e).

Find
out the part which has an error in the following statements.

6. At a deeper level, the construction of
lyrical text/ or poetic verse is intentional, constructed with/ the idea of ‘shabda
brahman’ and imbued with tonal/ frequencies that direct the ears and minds of
listeners.

(A) At a deeper level, the construction of
lyrical text
(B) or poetic verse is intentional, constructed with
(C) the idea of ‘shabda brahman’ and imbued with tonal
(D) frequencies that direct the ears and minds of listeners
(E) no error

7.
While it is the professors who guide and/ shape quality and research of
a PhD student,/ in University of Madras it is the bureaucracy/ which dictates
when a candidate gets a final degree.

(A) While it is the professors who guide
and
(B) shape quality and research of a PhD student,
(C) in University of Madras it is the bureaucracy
(D) which dictates when a candidate gets a final degree
(E) no error

9. The vanity of power today will disappear
tomorrow;/ the leader of today may be thrown out of office/ tomorrow; a man
swollen with pride of/ scholarship may become abnormal tomorrow.

(A) The vanity of power today will
disappear tomorrow;
(B) the leader of today may be thrown out of office
(C) tomorrow; a man swollen with pride of
(D) scholarships may become abnormal tomorrow
(E) no error

10. Trump’s surprise victory in the
presidential elections has spurred a rally in/ stocks and upped market based
expectations of inflation as the president-elect/ is expecting to enact a host
of tax cuts and boost infrastructure and defence/ spending that he says will
jump start growth by 3.5% per year, on average.

(A) Trump’s surprise victory in the
presidential elections has spurred a rally in
(B) stock and upped market based expectations of inflation as the
president-elect
(C) is expecting to enact a host of tax cuts and boost infrastructure and defence
(D) spending that he says will jump start growth by 3.5% per year, on average
(E) no error

Answers & Solutions – Tap to show

1. d ‘Was’ in place of ‘were’.
2. d ‘Their’ in place of ‘its’.
3. b ‘Was’ in place of ‘were’.
4. c ‘Have’ in place of ‘has’
5. a’Was’ in place of ’is’.
6. e
7. c ‘at’ in place of ‘in’
8. c ‘scale up’ should be used
9. c ‘the’ before ‘pride’
10. c ‘expected’ in place of ‘expecting’